Research Guides: ENGL 797/800: Women Behaving Badly (UNH Manchester): Primary Sources

Early Books and Pamphlets

Early English Books This link opens in a new window
Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) This link opens in a new window
Based on the English Short Title Catalogue, this resource provides full-text access to English and foreign-language works published in the United Kingdom during the Eighteenth Century. Included are thousands of important works produced in the Americas. There are multiple, full-text searching options to gain access to the millions of pages of books, sermons, pamphlets and broadsides. It includes works in: history; the social sciences; the fine arts; medicine; science and technology; religion and philosophy; law; and literature and languages. Funded by James D. Merritt Memorial Book Fund, Edmund G. Miller Library Fund, Gladys Brooks Fund for Books and Periodicals in the Humanities, Dunleavy Library Fund, Lucille Wengler Wheeler History Book Fund Dates of coverage: 1701-1800
Shakespeare in Performance This link opens in a new window
Showcases rare and unique prompt books from the world-famous Folger Shakespeare Library. These prompt books tell the story of Shakespeares plays as they were performed in theatres throughout Great Britain, the United States and internationally.

Legal Information

The following online sources contain state and federal court cases, administrative rules, and current laws.

HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Image-based legal research collection: law and law-related periodicals, Congressional Record Bound volumes in entirety, coverage of US Reports back to 1754, world trials dating back to the early 1700s, legal classics from the 16th to the 20th centuries, the United Nations and League of Nations Treaty Series, all United States Treaties, the Federal Register from inception in 1936, the CFR from inception in 1938, and more.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides access to news, business, and legal sources, including US Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.
Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new window
An online legal resource for law-related areas such as criminal justice, social work, business and education. This research tool features legal encyclopedias, court decisions, law reviews and journals, statutes, and more.

Reader's Guide Retrospective

What is the Readers Guide Retrospective?

The Reader's Guide Retrospective is your BEST resource for finding primary source magazine articles published from 1900 to 1984.

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Readers' Guide Retrospective is a database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. Dates of coverage: 1890-1982

Ulrichsweb

Use this database to search for the following about any periodical:

Product description
Scholarly or non-scholarly, trade, magazine, etc.
What databases to search
Publisher information
Reviews of the periodical

Ulrichsweb
A comprehensive worldwide bibliographic database including info. on over 250,000 serials publications. Users can pinpoint specific journals or conduct broad based subject or publisher surveys.